“A narrative masterpiece. . . . I could barely catch my breath.”
—Amy Brenner Mitz
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“We witness a girl become a teenager, a young adult, [and then] a wise woman navigating the various paths of her life. . . . I had to force myself to stop reading sometimes.”
—Emily S. Cohen
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“The voice and the granular detail captured in every vignette bring us right there with her.”
—Michael Feshbach
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“A compelling story of the not-uncommon disconnect between our public selves and our private lives.”
—Arlene Burrows
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“The whole book feels ‘in the moment.’ Like the best biographies, it feels so real, authentic, and interesting. And like good fiction, it is crafted, creative, and engrossing.”
—A. B., a therapist
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Incredibly moving. I found myself identifying with so much.
“A moving and detailed chronicle of a feminist Jewish life. I’m encouraging my daughters and my son to read it.”
“A moving, beautifully written book . . . filled with pain and warmth and an abundance of intelligence.”
[The] style . . . reminds me of the brilliant David Sedaris in “The Santaland Diaries”: “Oh, little elf, little elf . . .”
—Jennifer Bern-Vogel
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“I’m sitting in a salad place . . . wiping my nose with a napkin that says Burger Bar and it’s all wonderful and horrible at the same time.”
“Joan Rivers would have had a field day with this book. I am.”
—Charlene Goodman
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“Reads like a novel.”
“Illustrates how people really change—not through adoption of [someone else’s] formula for the good life but through recurrent scrutiny of one’s hang-ups that slowly vaporizes them.”
“Any woman of a ‘certain age’ will know exactly what she’s talking about. As a Catholic I can still remember when only boys were allowed to be altar servers!”
“[An] ultimately triumphant transformation that is at once personal, professional, and even sociological.”
A wonderful book for all who believe in women who are becoming leaders.
“Ostfeld persisted and set goals where many would never tread.”